etha*n the super-dynamo

etha*n in a hood

he loves the kitchen

running out

running out

running in

come follow me

finally tired

insists on having half his body on the cold tiles

his favorite: asian food channel

my superhero stance

etha*ns 11mths in pictures

i love you my son

my son loves me too

tagas yang tia pandai pakai kasut

i just got up from a snooze

can you tell from my sleepy eyes?

etha*ns 10mths in pictures

at the airport so manja with daddy

at the airport feeling agitated when mummy tried to kiss me

on the way back from the airport

at home having a monster of a time

learning how to walk in a walker

ethans 9mths in pictures

a bit lidut in uploading pictures this time around. no time lah but i'll get into that later. here are some pictures of my 9mth old son.

i am a bullied mom

but he literally "hangs on" to daddy

(i was in such a hurry to capture the moment that the picture became blurred &

STILL i didnt quite capture it)

hes got a goofy grin while daddy looks on indulgently


he was awfully sick in this one
(but my son is a camera freak & smiles as soon as he sees one)

this was taken at the airport just before he boarded the plane with his grandparents for a 3-week holiday in sabah. he was so heartbroken to leave us. ;-p

see i told you he was heartbroken

etha*ns 8mth in pictures

first i heard the laughter. suddenly silence. & when i turned around, he had fallen asleep on his father's tummy while playing. & when i whipped out my camera & began snapping, he even smiled.

& as i have mentioned & probably shown in previous entries, etha*n is now a steady stander. at the moment, hes begun attempting to let go of any support so that he can stand on his own now.

this is my "penetrating eyes" look

i love mummy (or the camera?)

etha*n is 7mths

yes he is. in fact, he is almost 7.5 months now. i've been so bad at updating his progress. i keep reminding myself that this will some day come in handy for myself (when im a septuagenarian with alzheimers) and maybe he would like it too (when im septuagenarian six feet under) as a reminder that i love love love him.

new things:

- hes got 2 front lower teeth & it looks like the 2 front upper ones are coming soon

- he can stand in his cot / playpen on his own. actually he can now squat & stand, stand & squat. something that he couldnt do earlier. he only knew how to get into a standing position but then he wouldnt know how to get back down. so, when hes tired of standing, he cries & someone has to come & help him sit again.

- his hair growing (yayyy) so it looks a bit darker now. got some length into it. ok maybe like 1.5cm like that only lah.

- he loves fruit juice --i use a shredder to shred pear or apple & stuff this into a fresh fruit feeder (which is basically a thumb-sized mesh bag) & he sucks the juice through. he absolutely loves it & gets angry when i take it away for a refill.


- he can do monster sounds hehehe... by growling. & he will do it again if you ask him to. but first you must say: baby, make the monster sound. roarrrr!! so then he will do lah.


- he can follow instructions. im trying to get him to take to the sippy cup. so i read that sometimes they dont know that they have to suck (for those cups with the stopper valves). so, one day, after numerous times giving the sippy to him & him not wanting it. i told him "see, look at me. you have to suck on the sippy baby" & so i took a sip from him sippy and exaggerated the sucking. & you know what... he immediately sucked on the sippy when i let him try it!! however, that was the only time lah. after that he didnt want it haha. as soon as the sippy cup touches his lips, he makes a face as if in distaste like that. & ya, very the drama --he scrunches up his whole face as if i gave him something sour. padahal, its just water AND he didnt even tilt the sippy yet to even get to whatevers inside.


- i caught him imitating me on the phone. muahaha... i was on the phone one day & he was just crawling about & climbing all over me. finally, i gave him a remote control (which he has a fascination with) thinking that he was just gonna play with the buttons but instead he put it to his ear. on a few separate occasions. & last night i gave him my handphone to hold, & he put it to his ear again. so farnee. & so amazing actually. not that he is amazing (which he is of course cos he has me as a mum hihihi), but babies in general are amazing for learning things.

etha*ns sick today. got it from me when i was sick (& on mc for 3 days) last week. & i got it from the husband who was sick 2 weeks ago. started with a sore throat / pharyngitis / tonsilitis (one of those lah) & graduated to a full blown cold. however, etha*n's started with the runny nose which i feel is better than having a sore throat. so we took him to the clinic this morning. poor baby. he only JUST started getting round again & now hes sick which means maybe he will lose the roundness. dangit.

here are some pictures of him at 7mths:

he loves standing now

this is ethan having a go at the piano

this was taken exactly at 7mths old to the day. i dunno why but i love this picture.


the best thing we ever got was the car seat



he was watching tv in this pose

in his new ikea high chair. he like dangling his legs.

i can see over my playpen now

check out my "apek" son i.e. one leg pants up & one leg pants down

my little monster... phwroaaarrr!!

my baby

ethans first christmas + sabah trip

i had the shock of my life late last sunday when i walked into the room and saw etha*n STANDING in his cot nonchalantly (i had left him "safely" in his cot while i stepped out to get something in the kitchen). so much for being safe... hehehe... i LITERALLY screamed for the husband to come and see the amazing feat (amazing because baby ONLY JUST learned how to sit and crawl --he hasnt even mastered the crawling yet!!) but right after that, he just plopped back down on his bum. so at midnight, we lowered the cot to the lowest level in fear of etha*n falling out of it in the middle of the night. so that's the latest update.

here are some recent pictures. some taken here, some during our trip back to sabah.

these are NOT in chronological order cos i dunno.

bonding with grampy on the way to get baby's passport sorted in kk

bonding with che-che megan in kk

bonding with gramma in kk

bonding with godpa in on new years eve in kk

bonding with che-che nicole & kakak wawah in kk

bonding with daddy in kk

bonding with mummy in kk

heres one with gramma & grampy & all the cousins

daddys ponnemon (golden son)

family picture on etha*ns first christmas in kk

as usual, hes got daddys shoulder to lean on

this was in klia going to kk (attacking abang yiyil)

this was taken about 5am in the car on the way to klia (to go to kk)

this was taken in kkia with uncle tana's hand (to go back to kl)

this was taken after new years when we finally got around to opening gifts. etha*n really did tear the wrapper himself.

this was taken in our home even before we left for sabah

our first christmas gift to etha*n

this was babys first hotel stay in blue wave shah alam where we attended a wedding

this was taken in kl before christmas during a steamboat dinner with cousins

this one was taken during an outing with my girlfriends at the curve